Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American BiographyJames Grant Wilson, John Fiske D. Appleton, 1889 |
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... civil war he was ordered to St. Louis and given command of the arsenal , which contained immense quantities of munitions of war of all kinds , sufficient fully to arm and equip 60,000 men , together with over forty tons of pow- der ...
... civil war he was ordered to St. Louis and given command of the arsenal , which contained immense quantities of munitions of war of all kinds , sufficient fully to arm and equip 60,000 men , together with over forty tons of pow- der ...
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... civil engineer , built the reservoir of the Syracuse water company at Onondaga hill in 1862-4 , and in 1865 designed ... civil engineer , b . in Chesh- ire , Mass . , 20 Nov. , 1837. He was graduated in the scientific course at Union ...
... civil engineer , built the reservoir of the Syracuse water company at Onondaga hill in 1862-4 , and in 1865 designed ... civil engineer , b . in Chesh- ire , Mass . , 20 Nov. , 1837. He was graduated in the scientific course at Union ...
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... civil engineer in the U. S. service , and superin- tendent of harbor im- provements on the lakes in 1829 - '45 . In the winter of 1830-1 he constructed the rail- way from New Orleans to Lake Pontchartrain over an almost impassable swamp ...
... civil engineer in the U. S. service , and superin- tendent of harbor im- provements on the lakes in 1829 - '45 . In the winter of 1830-1 he constructed the rail- way from New Orleans to Lake Pontchartrain over an almost impassable swamp ...
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... civil engineer , and surveyed and constructed vari- ous railroads , ex- amined navy - yards , and marked the northern boundary of Iowa . In 1857 he became engineer for a railroad across Mexico , which was organized under the presidency ...
... civil engineer , and surveyed and constructed vari- ous railroads , ex- amined navy - yards , and marked the northern boundary of Iowa . In 1857 he became engineer for a railroad across Mexico , which was organized under the presidency ...
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... civil war he served in the Christian his early education in New York city , whence his commission in Virginia and Maryland . He has parents removed about 1818 to Mecklenburg county , been actively connected with the National temper- Va ...
... civil war he served in the Christian his early education in New York city , whence his commission in Virginia and Maryland . He has parents removed about 1818 to Mecklenburg county , been actively connected with the National temper- Va ...
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Seite 378 - Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action ; and, bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Seite 378 - And let me conjure you in the name of our common country, as you value your own sacred honor, as you respect the rights of humanity, and as you regard the military and national character of America, to express your utmost horror and detestation of the man, who wishes, under any specious pretences, to overturn the liberties of our country, and who wickedly attempts to open the flood-gates of civil discord, and deluge our rising empire in blood.
Seite 375 - Your modesty equals your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language I possess.
Seite 30 - ... so far inferior, that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect; M Howard and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced p.
Seite 376 - You may believe me, my dear Patsy, when I assure you, in the most solemn manner, that, so far from seeking this appointment, I have used every endeavor in my power to avoid it, not only from my unwillingness to part with you and the family, but from a consciousness of its being a trust too great for my capacity...
Seite 167 - For any man with half an eye, What stands before him may espy ; But optics sharp it needs, I ween, To see what is not to be seen.
Seite 379 - No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency...
Seite 376 - As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge; and that is all I desire.
Seite 376 - Thucydides, and have studied and admired the master states of the world r— that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation, or body of men, can stand in preference to the General Congress at Philadelphia.
Seite 293 - Europe at the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th centuries...